Scoop Coverage: No Mining In National Parks

Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 9:46 am
Article: Scoop Full Coverage

Balancing: Gordon Campbell On The Mining Backdown

The government’s formal capitulation on the mining of Schedule Four conservation land is a smashing victory for the public – one that has been made possible in part by the Key government’s skittish tendency to back off from policies that significantly threaten its mainstream popularity.

What this victory highlights is the liability that Gerry Brownlee and his minions are proving to be to this government. More>>

Smellie Sniffs The Breeze: Brownlee’s Lament

Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee cut a lonely figure in the Bellamy’s lunchroom at Parliament this morning... More>>

ALSO:

• Scoop Business - Total backdown on Schedule 4 mining
• Questions and Answers - 20 July 2010
• Tom Frewen - Today In Parliament 20.07.10
• NZ Govt - No land to be removed from Schedule 4
• Greens - Greens celebrate a victory for common sense
• Labour - Back-down humiliating for Key
• Labour - Kiwis don’t want mining in Schedule 4 land
• Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment - Commissioner Welcomes Schedule Four Decision
• Environmental Defence Society - EDS welcomes Government decisions on mining
• Forest & Bird - Government’s mining decision welcomed
• Forest And Bird - Economic case for mining does not stack up
• Greenpeace - Greenpeace welcomes u-turn on mining
• Newmont Waihi Gold - Mining Company Accepts Schedule 4 Decision
• Ecowatch - Government decision on Schedule Four Welcomed
• Tourism Industry Association - Mining decision heeds tourism feedback
• Far North & Northland Councils - Northland Minerals and Research Investigation
• Family First - Govt Ignores Parents But Capitulates to Green Vote
• Len Brown - Ditching Of ‘Mad Mining Proposal’ Welcomed
• WWF - Government Cancels Mineral Plans In National Parks
• Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi - Northland Exploration Plans Fly In The Face
• Straterra - Mining Industry Welcomes New Government Initiative
• Pundit.co.nz Out-Link - Schedule 4: So what do the Nats stand for now?
• TV3 Video - National puts positive spin on mining backdown - Brownlee loses mining PR battle - Govt confirms no mining Schedule 4, national parks - Mining U-turn humiliating, says Goff - National U-turn - no mining on conservation land
• Earlier Scoop Full Coverage - Conservation Mining Announcement
• Earlier Scoop Full Coverage - Leaks on National Park Mining

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